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1. Express the need or desire for; ask for
   "She called for room service"
   - request, bespeak, quest
    
2. Require as useful, just, or proper
   "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"
   - necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, demand
    
3. Request the participation or presence of
   - invite
    
4. Gather or collect
   - collect, pick up, gather up

Derived forms: calls for, called for, calling for

Type of: acquire, communicate, get, pass, pass along, pass on, put across